THE MINERAL SALE ROOMS!
UPDATED June 10th, 2009!

These new rooms are stocked with older and or excess inventory.
The bargains and discounts are huge so please feel free to take advantage!
Your mineral collection will thank you.

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SALE! #477 SOLD!

Rare matrix specimen of Native Copper from Kazakhstan!
This specimen features an attactive crystalline Copper growth rising over 6 cm above the matrix!

From the Itauz Mine, Dzezkhazgan, Kazakhstan.
Measures 10.5 cm by 5 cm in total size.

Price $845

 

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SALE! #478

Large plate of light pink Manganoan Calcite crystal sprays in cluster!
From the Pachapaqui District, Ancash Department, Peru.
Measures 15 cm by 11.7 cm in size.

Ex. Kerry Cooper Collection
Price $650

 

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SALE! #479

Another large plate of lustrous Smithsonite - this one aqua-green over a pure green!
Obviously, this specimen is two layered with an earlier green layer beneath the top layer.
The luster is excellent and the recess towards the left edge makes for a nice 3-dimensionality.
From the El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Measures 17 cm by 10.4 cm in size.

Ex. Kerry Cooper Collection
Price $985

 

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SALE! #480

Yellow Calcite crystals perched atop Amethystine Quartz!
From Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay.
Measures 7.7 cm by 5 cm in size.

Price $185

 

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SALE! #481

Crystallized "pillars" of Native Copper with Copper included Calcite!
From the Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia, SW Africa.
Measures 3.2 cm by 2.2 cm in size.

Ex. Charlie Key Collection
Price $585

 

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SALE! #482

Elegant cluster of Prehnite "fingers" ps after Laumontite!
The backside of these elongated crystals are coated with a white Zeolite.
In excellent shape with only a few incomplete crystals - very unusual for large plates.
From Bombay, Maharashtra State, India.
Measures 10.3 cm by 21.4 cm by 12 cm in total size.

Ex. Edward David Collection
Price $1850

 

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SALE! #483

Gemmy, modified crystals of Fluorite surrounded by Quartz points!
From the Oranje River, Namibia, SW Africa.
Measures 7 cm by 5.8 cm in size.

Price $385

 

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SALE! #484

Rare! Sparkling specimen of Shattuckite coated by Quartz crystals!
Shattuckite is a rare Copper Silicate and the combination of these
two minerals is beautiful and very flashy.  The matrix is solid Quartz.
From the Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia.
Measures 8 cm by 3.2 cm in size.

Price $1250

 

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SALE! #485

Vivid green cluster of Fluorite with Albite!
From the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, SW Africa.
Measures 4.7 cm by 4 cm in size.

Price $385

 

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SALE! #486

Smaller sheet of Native Silver coated by Copper Oxide!
The third and final specimen from this rare find - this one off matrix.
The iridescent Native Silver can be seen at the very edges.
From an intrusive dike at the Bound Brook Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey.
Measures 4.7 cm by 4.6 cm in size.

Price $450

 

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SALE! #487

Unique plate of multi-colored Fluorite on orange Muscovite with Schorl!
From the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, SW Africa.
Measures 8.5 cm by 11.3 cm in size.

Price $785

 

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SALE! #488

Gemmy crystals of green Fluorite on Muscovite!
From the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, SW Africa.
Measures 5.7 cm by 3 cm

Price $385

 

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SALE! #489

Large, clear crystals of Fluorite in cluster with Pyrite, Calcite, and Galena!
Some contacts here and there but still very nice and priced right!
From the Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia.
Measures 9.5 cm by 8.2 cm in size.

Price $685

 

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SALE! #490

Fine clusters of tan Poldervaartite crystal balls on matrix!
This amazing plate boasts at least right balls atop a slate-like matrix.
From the Wessel's Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Measures 6.5 cm by 10 cm in size.

Price $1750

 

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SALE! #491 SOLD!

Flashy plate of Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz points on Muscovite and Albite!
From the Tongbei Area, Yunxian County, Fujian Province of China.
Measures 11.5 cm by 8 cm in size.

Price $485

 

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SALE! #492 SOLD!

Pink Bultfonteinite with gem Calcite crystals!
From the Wessel's Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Measures 2.3 cm by 4.3 cm in size.

Price $385

 

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SALE! #493

Golden Fluorite crystals in cluster!
From the Hilton Mine, Scordale, North Pennines, Cumbria, England.
Measures 7.2 cm by 5.7 cm in size.

Price $385

 

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SALE! #494

VERY RARE! Pink Analcime ball on smaller Analcime crystals!
From the New Street Quarry, West Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.
Measures 6.2 cm by 4.5 cm in size.

Ex. Anthony Schumacher, Fleeman Collections
Price $385

 

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SALE! #495 SOLD!

Fine crystal balls of red Rhodochrosite on Romanechite!
From the Sequoia Pit, Lone Tree Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada.
Measures 7 cm by 4.2 cm in size.

Ex. Fleeman Collection
Price $385

 

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SALE! #498

Beautifully polished plate of Silicified Limonite!
This specimen literally looks like wood! The fibrous interior surrounded by the darker brown border
makes the cut and polished specimen look like a slice of antique wood. Unusual and very attractive.
From Banske, Slanské Mountains, Prešov Region, Slovac Republic.
Measures 7 cm by 16.4 cm by 2.3 cm in size.

Price $285

 

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SALE! #499

Very fine dendritic growths of Native Silver with Calcite on matrix!
From the El Bonanza Mine, near Port Radium, N.W.T., Canada.
Measures 4.7 cm by 1.9 cm by 2.9 cm in size.

Price $685

 

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SALE! #500

Fine crystal points of Milky Quartz (Candle Quartz) with brown Limonite accenting!
These point are not only impressive due to their size and shape, but they also sparkle like crazy
in the even the faintest light due to a coating of Quartz drusy over the smaller faces.
From the Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia.

Measures 16 cm by 8.6 cm by 13.5 cm in size.
Price $645

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